Josiah Rockwood

With his father Nicholas and others of his family was in the garrison hous at Bogestow Pond in 1676 when King Philip and his warriors met with their "notorious repulse". He served in the war with King Philip. Her sister, Abiel, lived with them at Medfield. The children of Josiah Rockett and Mary Twitchell were

1. Israel
2. Mary
3. Bethia
4. Mehitabel
5. Hannah
6. Joanna

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Family:Whitney, Joshua (1687-1771)

Joshua3 Whitney (Benjamin2, John1), son of Benjamin2 and Jane (-----) Whitney[1] was born 21 Sep 1687, Sherborn, MA,[2] and died 16 Jun 1771, Ware, MA.[3]

Joshua married, 29 Nov 1709, Medfield, MA, Hannah Rockett/Rockwood,[4] daughter of Josiah and Marie (Twitchell) Rockett/Rockwood.[5] She was born 24 Aug 1691, Medfield, MA,[6] and died 8 Aug 1772, Ware, MA.[7]

For details of his life, see an article about him and his descendants.[8]

Joshua Whitney and his wife Hannah were admitted to the chunch, 1 Mar 1752, recommended by Rev. Nathan WEBB of the church in Uxbridge, Woodstock, CT.[9] Joshua Whitney signed the new Church Covenant, 18 Mar 1756, Woodstock, CT.[10]

Children of Joshua3 and Hannah (Rockett) Whitney:

   i. 	Hannah4 Whitney, b. 12 Oct 1710, Medfield, MA;[11] m. int. Abraham Daniels; m.(1) Moses Tenney; m.(2) Isaac Chase.

   ii. 	Joshua Whitney, b. after 27 Nov 1712, Medfield, MA;[12] m. Phebe (?Day?).

   iii. 	Ezekiel Whitney, b. 29 Aug 1716, Mendon, MA;[13] m. Jennet Patterson.

   iv. 	Bethia Whitney; b. 29 Sep 1720, Mendon, MA;[14] d. before 24 Feb 1726/27, Mendon, MA.[15]

   v. 	Bethia Whitney, b. 24 Feb 1726/27, Mendon, MA;[16] m. Thomas Jones.

   vi. 	Gershom Whitney, b. ca. 1729, prob. Mendon/Uxbridge, MA;[17] m.(1) Sarah Wood; m.(2) Bathsheba (Thayer) Jackson.

   vii. 	Mary Whitney, b. 27 Oct 1732, Uxbridge, MA;[18] m. George Abbott. 

[edit] References

1.^ His parentage is proven by his birth record.

2.^ "Joshua, s. of Benjamin and Jane, Sept. 21, 1687," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911), pp. 92-94.

3.^ Ware, Mass., Congregational Church Records, unpublished, Young Men's Library Association, Ware, p. 224 (examined by Claude W. Barlow, F.A.S.G.).

4.^ "Joshua [Whitne] and Hannah Rockett, [married] Nov. 26, 1709," according to Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), p. 182.

5.^ Her parentage is proven by her birth record.

6.^ Medfield Vital Records, p. 88.

7.^ Apparently the "----- Whitney" who died on that date, according to Ware Congregational Church Records, p. 224.

8.^ Robert Leigh Ward, "The Footloose Joshua3 Whitney (1687-1771) and Some of His Descendants," The American Genealogist, vol. 74 (1999), pp. 197-207.

9.^ "Joshua & his w. Hannah, adm. ch. 1 Mar 1752; recom. by Rev. Nathan WEBB of the ch. in Uxbridge," according to the Index of Connecticut Church Records, Woodstock First Church HCB:167.

10.^ "Joshua, signed the new Church Covenant, 18 Mar 1756," according to the Index of Connecticut Church Records, Woodstock First Church HCB:179.

11.^ "Hannah [Whitne], d. Joshua and Hannah, [born] Oct. 12, 1710," according to Medfield, Massachusetts, Vital Records, p. 103.

12.^ "Joshua [Whitne], s. Joshua and Hannah, [born] _____ [rec.after Nov.12,1712]," according to Medfield, Massachusetts, Vital Records, p. 103.

13.^ "Bethyah, d. of Joshuah and Han[n]ah, Sept. 29, 1720, according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1920), p. 212.

14.^ "Bethyah, d. of Joshuah and Hannah, Feb. 24, 1726-7, according to Mendon, Vital Records, p. 212.

15.^ "Ezekeil, s. of Joshua and Hannah, Aug. 29, 1716, according to Mendon, Vital Records, p. 212.

16.^ The date is an estimate based on his marriage date and the dates of birth of his siblings.

17.^ "Mary, d. Joshua and Hannah, Oct. 27, 1732," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1916), p. 183.

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